Fastening for carpets



MM i

'zyf M2M/ f@ MM. Wmr mQ/MW y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. JACKMAN AND E. G. DUNHAM, OF PORTLAND, CONNECTICUT.

FASTENING- FOR CARPETS.

Specicaton of Letters Patent No. 13,220, dated July 10, 1855.

To all whom 'it may conce/m:

Be it known that we, ENooH JACKMAN and EDWIN G. DUNHAM, of the town ofPortland, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and Improved Method of'Securing Carpets to Floors; and wedo hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description.

The nature of our invention consists in providing a machine'wherebycarpets can be secured to fio-ors in a rm, cheap and easy manner, sothat they can be taken up at pleasure, by hand and thereby saving thetime and trouble of drawing nails, together with the tearing of thecarpet, so often incident to the present method.

To enable others skilled in the art of making our machine and to showthe operation of the same, we submit the accompanying drawings andplates.

Figure I, represents the apparatus in use, A being the part containingthe socket inserted in the floor; P, the pin, put through the carpet andinserted into the socket; D, the head of the pin as seen above thecarpet; a, b, the thickness of the floor. This figure is intended togive a side view of the apparatus.

Fig. III is intended to represent a side view of an upright section A,Fig. I, cut, lengthwise, through the center, so as to indicate thecomparative size and shape of the socket s, being small at the top, sothat when in use, the contraction of the carpet, canting the pin in thesocket, may increase the friction of the pin and thereby prevent the pinfrom slipping out, the construction of the pin, and socket being such,as not to admit of the removal of the pin, unless, by raising the pinperpendicularly, by hand.

Fig. IV represents the pin P, with its head D.

Fig. Vc represents a downward or birdseye view of the top of A afterinsertion with its socket s, into the floor, the top being even with thesurface of the floor, and into which the pin is to be inserted, afterremoving the carpet from the floor, in order to prevent the accumulationof dirt or dust in the socket.

To use the apparatus let A be permanently arranged near the base boardor mop-board) in the way and manner above specified, at such intervalsas may be necessary for securing the carpet properly, then by stickingthe pin, or tack, through the carpet, and drawing it firmly, to thesides of the room insert the pin, into the socket; this secures thecarpet, irmly, and in such a manner, as it can be taken up, in a fewmoments, at pleasure.

In case the carpet is too small for the room, it is apparent that asimilar arrangement can be made around the edge of the carpet, withoutthe least inconvenience to the inmates of the house.

The apparatus may be made of brass, or iron, or any suitable metaleither iron, or steel, and in size from one-half to iiveeighths of aninch long, and from oneeighth to three-sixteenths of an inch square, orround. The apparatus, in this arrangement, may be varied, by having aplate of any suitable sheet metal of proper size and shape, with one, ortwo, socket holes made through it, perforating the floor, suticientlydeep, for the pin or tack. If there be two holes, a double pin or staplemay be used, as above, the points or ends being sharpened for thepurpose.

lWhat we claim as our invention and upon which we wish to secure LettersPatent, is-

The method of securing carpets to floors, by the arrangement andapplication, of a socket and pin, or a plate and pin, so applied thatthe friction, which is caused by the contraction of the carpet, incanting the pin in the socket, may prevent the pin from slipping out ofthe socket; all in a manner substantially as set forth, so that carpetsmay be put down, and taken up at pleasure, with nothing but the hands.

ENOCH JACKMANl EDWIN Gr. DUNI-IAM.

Signed in presence of SAMUEL B. WARNER, LEVI WARNER, J r.

